Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. The HSE is adding about 70 staff to its contact tracing teams each week. The tracing staff are very busy and are under a lot of pressure. They had to deal with a real surge in cases in the last couple of days. That recruitment is happening. We anticipate having hundreds of staff on a permanent basis contact tracing within the next couple of weeks. Off the top of my head I do not know whether or not there will be dedicated teams for school tracing. I had not heard that, but it may well be the case. I will look into it and get in touch with the Deputy with more information.

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